Aragonite (rare locality and color)

Item Description

A rarely seen eye-catching specimen of Aragonite from the Všechlapy Quarry in the Czech Republic featuring essentially a seam filling loaded with unusually pinkish-lavender colored prismatic crystals, tightly intergrown between two layers of host rock matrix. Although the Aragonites are densely packed together, there are some individual prisms that stand out, and the largest single crystal I could find measures about 2.0 cm long. The crystals show a Bluish-white fluorescence under SW UV light and a creamy-yellow color under LW UV light. We've never had a piece of this material to offer in the auctions before this one, and a quick glance online shows that they are obviously not common on the market, especially with this unique and attractive color.
From the collection of Chester ("Chet") S. Lemanski Jr. of Browns Mills, New Jersey (https://www.mindat.org/user-461.html). Collection #6366CL. The piece was originally from the collection of Dan Serebrakian. Chet was born 1947 in started collecting minerals circa 1957. He worked briefly as a drill runner at the famous Sterling Mine, in Ogdensburg, New Jersey and from 1987 to 1990 he helped convert the mine into a public access mining museum. He has held the role of treasurer, vice president and president of the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society (FOMS), and has been a board member and vice president of the Franklin Mineral Museum. The rare copper arsenate, Lemanskiite was named in his honor in 1999.